I can’t define activism for you. It could be speaking out against a regime or being beaten at a protest against white supremacy. Activism could be emailing, calling, texting and…
5 years ago my cousin Mehdi was arrested by the Islamic Republic of Iran. Throughout the 2009 protests, Mehdi and I worked separately with student activists to organize protests and…
From Jason's change.org petition: Jason Rezaian is a Washington Post correspondent that has been imprisoned by the Iranian government since July 2014. On July 22, Iranian security forces raided his…
Amnesty International, Impact Iran and United4Iran have created a new petition on behalf of women's rights and student activist Bahareh Hedayat on change.org. Ms. Hedayat was involved with The Campaign…
Mary Rezaian pleads for the Iranian government to release her son, Washington Post correspondent Jason Rezaian, and his wife Yeganeh Salehi. The two were arrested last week on undetermined charges…
**Breaking news: Yahoo has agreed to restore the ability of Iranians to create yahoo mail accounts by the end of September 2014.** Over the last two weeks 22,000 signed a…
Iran Human Rights has published its 2013 annual report on the death penalty in Iran. With more than 687 executions, the number of executions in 2013 were the highest in…
Eight key activists have launched the Step by Step to Stop Death Penalty campaign, demanding an end to executions in Iran. The eight, including Jafar Panahi and Mohammad Maleki, call on…
United for Iran joins twenty six leading international human rights organizations in urging the members of the UN Human Rights Council to renew the resolution for the mandate of the…
The UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran, Dr. Ahmad Shaheed, has released his most recent report on the state of human rights in Iran. Dr.…
